Takeda Joins Jury of New York Festivals

Posted on December 14, 2013

For the fourth straight year, the New York Festivals have asked director/producer Scott Takeda to judge entries in their International Television and Film Awards. He joins other award-winning directors, producers, writers, and actors from around the globe on a Grand Jury Panel that includes folks from HBO (US), The Edge Picture Company (UK), FIlm Magic Ltd (Hong Kong), and NBC International… Read more »

Takeda Entertainment’s Buick GMC Project Expands

Posted on October 5, 2013

With one month of documentary shooting behind us, we begin a second month of shooting for an ongoing series of “Best Practice” films for Buick GMC. This time, we’re producing an additional three corporate documentaries, showcasing dealerships around the country that are improving sales and retaining customers by embracing new techniques. In total, Takeda Entertainment… Read more »

Takeda Entertainment Produces Three Quick-Turn Films for Buick GMC

Posted on September 10, 2013

This month, director Scott Takeda and his film crews begin criss-crossing the country to shoot documentary footage for a series of films for Buick GMC. His team will be highlighting five dealerships that are embracing new techniques to retain customers and improve overall sales. They will present these films on a multi-city tour beginning early… Read more »

Takeda Entertainment Wins 30th National Telly

Posted on August 20, 2013

Takeda Entertainment is popping the champagne and celebrating three national Telly Awards for films produced for Eli Lilly Pharmaceuticals and Buick GMC. “I’m most proud because these awards are for three films that couldn’t be more different in style and execution,” said director Scott Takeda. “The first award was for a mini-documentary called ‘Loretta.‘ It’s about a woman living with lung… Read more »

Takeda Entertainment Produces Five Films for CHRISTUS Health

Posted on July 24, 2013

Our post production editors are beginning work on five documentary-style films for CHRISTUS Health – a Catholic-based, healthcare system headquartered in Texas with more than 350 clinics and hospitals throughout the southern US and Mexico. We’ll be telling the story of how they started humbly in the 19th Century when a Bishop requested for medical… Read more »

TEI Produces Quickturn Webcast for Lilly

Posted on July 1, 2013

This month, Takeda Entertainment teams up again with the agency folks at BI Worldwide out of Minneapolis to produce another informational film for Eli Lilly Pharmacueticals. Our focus will be to provide important 3rd Quarter information to their sales group. “We’re trying to find ways to be cost effiicient for Eli Lilly and still be… Read more »

Takeda Entertainment Tackles Kinetic Typography Project

Posted on June 17, 2013

This week, our creative team is jamming at our workstations to finish a quick-turn promotional film using kinetic typography. “This is a storytelling challenge,” said director Scott Takeda. “The only elements we have to tell this story are animated text and music. And we have three days to turn this piece before it’s due. So all of… Read more »

Takeda Entertainment Produces Short Film

Posted on June 5, 2013

This month, Takeda Entertainment begins a co-production with BS Filmworks on a short film for Denver’s 48 Hour Film Project. They will write, shoot, and edit a film in 48 hours as a part of this international script-to-screen competition. “I’m super excited,” said co-executive producer Scott Takeda. “My filmmaking partner Brock Sherman, the “B” of BS… Read more »

Takeda Entertainment Wins National B2 Award

Posted on June 1, 2013

We are thrilled to announce that our client film for Eli Lilly Pharmaceuticals is a 2013 winner in the national BMA (Business Marketing Association) B2 Awards. Now in its 37th year, the B2 Awards honor the best business-to-business marketing from the world’s top agencies and production companies. “The B2 Awards are special because it’s B2B,” said… Read more »

Director Takeda Judges International Awards

Posted on May 7, 2013

This spring, Takeda Entertaiment director Scott Takeda has been volunteering his time as a jurist for two top international awards competitions. Last month, he judged the finalist round of the New York Festivals International Television and Film competition. The top winners were awarded the prestigious WorldMedal at the NAB Convention in Vegas. This was his third year… Read more »